Noodle is apparently: "late 18th century: from German Nudel, of unknown origin." (Google) However: "Although popular legend claims Marco Polo introduced pasta

Noodle is apparently: "late 18th century: from German Nudel, of unknown origin." (Google) However: "Although popular legend claims Marco Polo introduced pasta to Italy following his exploration of the Far East in the late 13th century, pasta can be traced back as far as the 4th century B.C., where an Etruscan tomb showed a group of natives making what appears to be pasta." (wikipedia) Personally I've never referred to Spaghetti as noodles, and noodles to me means long thin things you put in stir-fry/ramen. Plus, there's many other shapes of pasta other than "noodle" shaped.